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  1. Austin86250

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Truck 1-3 that I’m trading my 84 460 for Hauled it 40 miles at 60 mph alright
  2. Austin86250

    1980 F250 7.3 idi swap electrical question

    So factory turbo I’m presume the motor is serpentine meaning it’s a 3g style so 4 wires, let’s see how well I remember colors Yellow- charge post Green- 12v key on White- little plug next to voltage regulator Charge wire- battery I use 4 gauge I used the 12v key on that supplies the 80’...
  3. Austin86250

    Headlight Dimmer Switch Issues

    the dimmer switch is in the floor for high and low beams, The light switch is for turning headlights and all other lights on aswell as dimming it’s operated pulling outward and turning side to side when it is turned all the way ccw it will lock and keep many things on regardless of key, switch...
  4. Austin86250

    Soft Brakes, front 1/2 of MC low, leaky steel brake line

    Copper vs steel line is night and day difference Copper line it’s wonderful you just bend it with little worry and flares great Steel line you can kink it if you bend it the wrong way and I have a 50/50 success rate for steel flares Weed whacker string is great to put in your brake line while...
  5. Austin86250

    Front Driveline Length

    I every 250 idi ive seen had the double joint
  6. Austin86250

    Heater core shutoff

    Oh ok I want sure you could do that,
  7. Austin86250

    Heater core shutoff

    Wow that was noticeable, how do you effectively tap into the max ac circuit
  8. Austin86250

    Heater core shutoff

    I couldn’t resist getting one after seeing the post
  9. Austin86250

    Serpentine belt conversion

    yea I’ll my idis have a bad temp light sensor so they are always unplugged as soon as I plug lower one in gauge pegs and or light comes on
  10. Austin86250

    Serpentine belt conversion

    Top one is gauge bottom one is light
  11. Austin86250

    GearVendors behind ZF5 4x4 - Anyone done it and care to share their setup?

    I was referring to when this is brought up people often say “why in the world would you do that” I love the idea
  12. Austin86250

    '86 Extended cab project thread

    Love it man, I’m slowly building my 86 extended too. Got the block and heads to the machine shop today cant what to do the Saginaw swap
  13. Austin86250

    One more Smoking Missing Video...last one I promise

    First thing with any fueling issue is test for fuel pressure
  14. Austin86250

    GearVendors behind ZF5 4x4 - Anyone done it and care to share their setup?

    I’m not sure why folk hate on double over drive having a .53:1 gear ratio sounds amazing
  15. Austin86250

    Hydroboost pros and cons

    What pump in is in question? Is it just the regular ford power steering with the extra return nipple?
  16. Austin86250

    6.9 IDI Radiator 37x15

    I’ve got a rad in 83617 you can have it for free if your in the area, one time when I was doing motor mounts I got a little careless and swung the fan into the rad took it to a radiator shop and they repaired the 2 holes for 75$ and they garunte it for life
  17. Austin86250

    Exhaust manifold gasket question

    The idis are one of the best motors I’ve been around for the manifold gaskets, they are just metal so they don’t blow out and from factory they use antiseize so they always come right out never broken one, I’ve had them leak before but it was just because it was loose retorqued and ready to...
  18. Austin86250

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    They ground to the dash so take it out and clean the mating surface mine was like that for a while
  19. Austin86250

    Another lift pump lets me down.

    I’ve lost count but I’m on my at-least 5th mechanical pump 2 delphis and 3 Carter’s I just put a precision one in today hopefully that goes better and they have failed in every way possible, weep hole dumping, diesel in oil, no pump, and my personal favorite the output fitting split spilled...
  20. Austin86250

    Hydroboost pros and cons

    I’m not sure how but I’m the only one I know who has a ford power steering pump that doesn’t whine even countless new ones because of my return filter, I even got a couple of my friends to use the exact same pump on their idi to test the theory and so far it’s holding true And I don’t have the...
  21. Austin86250

    Hydroboost pros and cons

    If you put a filter on the return your you won’t feel the steering in the pedal, I’m going to do a Saginaw pump soon and am intrigued to see what it does for the hydro
  22. Austin86250

    Hydroboost pros and cons

    If your vacuum brake system is still capable of locking up the brakes or making the abs turn on then I think that it is not worth the install I just did the hydroboost swap on my truck because I was having a lot of issues finding a reliable vacuum pump and the booster was bad, so I went for...
  23. Austin86250

    Running without a fan or shroud?

    All the idis I’ve been around run pretty hot when it’s 90+ degrees out with ac rolling I wouldn’t want to take anything out of the cooling system that’s for sure
  24. Austin86250

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    Both my floor lights have the ford logo on them
  25. Austin86250

    So what did you do with your truck today?

    i didn't know i had them in my truck for a long time i was running wires and noticed them, poped a bulb in it and good to go

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